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OMUTHIYA, 19 September 2024 - The Namibia Qualifications Authority held a stakeholder information session at Omuthiya on Thursday. (Photo by: Gabriel Tomas) NAMPA

Nearly 70 NQA accredited institutions, none from Oshikoto

OMUTHIYA, 20 SEP (NAMPA) – There are currently 69 Namibia Qualifications Authority (NQA) accredited institutions of higher l...

WINDHOEK, 19 September 2024 - Windhoek High School learners being taught by the Yyeni AI teacher. (Photo by: Sheila Perestrelo) NAMPA

Local company launches 'AI teacher'

By Sheila Perestrelo WINDHOEK, 19 SEP (NAMPA) – Namibia’s first artificial intelligence (AI) teacher, YYeni, has entered c...

Sheila Perestrelo

ONDANGWA, 18 September 2024 - The Namibian Surgical Society annual laparoscopic workshop is underway in Ondangwa. (Photo by: Maria David) NAMPA

Technology making surgery safer and easier: Shangula

ONDANGWA, 19 SEP (NAMPA) – Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula has said evolving technology is ensur...

OSHAKATI, 18 September 2024 - The Oshana Region has launched its Oral Health Week campaign to promote oral health and hygiene in the region. (Photo by: Maria David)NAMPA

Oshana Oral Health Week campaign underway

OSHAKATI, 18 SEP (NAMPA)—The Oshana Region has launched its Oral Health Week campaign to promote oral health and hygiene in ...

RUNDU, 06 March 2018 - The Acting Director of Education in the Kavango East Region, Christine Shilima speaking during a regional meeting of the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture. (Photo by: Sawi Hausiku) NAMPA

Teachers in Kavango East call for inclusion in education ministry's wellness programmes

RUNDU, 18 SEP (NAMPA) – The Namibia National Teachers Union (Nantu) in Kavango East has expressed dissatisfaction over the l...

WALVIS BAY, 17 September 2024 - Walvis Bay residents lining up at the free dental services truck. The dental truck is at the town as part of the 2024 National Oral Health Awareness Week which was launched at Walvis Bay on Tuesday. The truck will also proceed to Swakopmund where it will provide free dental services to residents. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

Dental health a global concern: Health ministry

WALVIS BAY, 17 SEP (NAMPA) – Minister of Health and Social Services Dr Kalumbi Shangula has expressed alarm at the impact of...

WINDHOEK, 17 September 2024 - University of Namibia professor Frednard Gideon speaking during the bi-annual education conference in Windhoek. (Photo by: Linea Dishena) NAMPA

Education curriculum must align with industry needs: Gideon

WINDHOEK, 17 SEP (NAMPA) – Education curriculum development must align with current and future industry needs as employers i...

OMUTHIYA, 16 September 2024 - The Directorate of Education, Arts And Culture in the Oshikoto Region is celebrating Heritage Week. (Photo by: Gabriel Tomas) NAMPA

Oshikoto celebrates Heritage Week

OMUTHIYA, 17 SEP (NAMPA) – The Oshikoto Directorate of Education, Arts and Culture is celebrating Heritage Week as a form of...

SWAKOPMUND, 11 September 2024 - Journalists from media outlets completed a three-day workshop on the media coverage of health matters and sensitisation on Universal Health Care (UHC) at Swakopmund on Wednesday. The workshop was facilitated by the Ministry of Health and Social Services in collaboration with the World Health Organisation. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

There is a need for better collaboration in health communication: WHO Namibia

WINDHOEK, 15 SEP (NAMPA) – There is a need to improve understanding and collaboration in health information and communicatio...

WINDHOEK, 15 September 2024 - Ministry of Health and Social Services Director of policy and planning, Ambrosius Uakurama addressing the media at a recently held workshop on universal health coverage. (Photo: Contributed)

MoHSS tackles misinformation about UHC in Namibia

SWAKOPMUND, 16 SEP (NAMPA) – The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) is facing challenges in addressing widesprea...

WINDHOEK, 13 September 2024- Head of Education, Social and Cultural Affairs at the Embassy of Indonesia in Namibia, Kurnya Kusuma Dewy. (Photo by: Linea Dishena) NAMPA

Indonesia Embassy in Namibia to host cultural event

WINDHOEK, 13 SEP (NAMPA) – The Indonesian Embassy in Namibia is hosting its first-ever cultural event in Windhoek, on 26 Sep...

SWAKOPMUND, 11 September 2024 - Journalists from media outlets completed a three-day workshop on the media coverage of health matters and sensitisation on Universal Health Care (UHC) at Swakopmund on Wednesday. The workshop was facilitated by the Ministry of Health and Social Services in collaboration with the World Health Organisation. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

Journalist trained on UHC coverage

SWAKOPMUND, 11 SEP (NAMPA) – Journalists from different media outlets completed a three-day workshop on media coverage on he...

SWAKOPMUND, 10 September 2024 - Team Omusati were first runners-up at the National Debate Championships. which concluded at Swakopmund on Tuesday evening. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

Otjozondjupa Region wins National Debate Championships

SWAKOPMUND, 11 SEP (NAMPA) – Team Otjozondjupa won the National Debate Championships, which concluded at Swakopmund on Tuesd...

WINDHOEK, 21 December 2107 - Chief Executive Officer of the Cancer Association of Namibia, Rolf Hansen sharing statistics on the year 2017 with Nampa. (Photo by: Francois Lottering) NAMPA

CAN spotlights urgent need for childhood cancer awareness

WINDHOEK, 11 SEP (NAMPA) – Approximately five to six families in Namibia receive a diagnosis of childhood cancer every week,...

LÜDERITZ, 17 April 2024 - Sanet Steenkamp, Executive Director of the Ministry of Education. (Photo: Contributed)

School calendar adjusted for election day

WINDHOEK, 11 SEP (NAMPA) - The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture has adjusted the school calendar to accommodate the Pre...

Kalimbo encourages Oshikoto residents to join adult education programs

ONAMBUNDU, 07 SEP (NAMPA) – Education Deputy Director in the Oshikoto region, Tomas Kalimbo has called on community members ...

KEETMANSHOOP, 05 September 2024- University of Namibia Southern Campus students pictured at the Westdene Stadium in Keetmanshoop during the official opening of the 2024 cultural festival. (Photo: Contributed)

UNAM Southern Campus Cultural Festival kicks off

KEETMANSHOOP, 05 SEP (NAMPA) – The University of Namibia’s (UNAM) Southern Campus (SC) cultural festival officially kicked...

Suzith Tjitaura

ELUWA, 05 September 2024 - The NFCPT handed over a donation to the Eluwa and Ekoka schools in Ongwediva on Thursday. (Photo by: Maria David) NAMPA

NFCPT donates to Eluwa, Ekoka schools

ELUWA, 05 SEP (NAMPA) – The Namibia Fish Consumption Promotion Trust (NFCPT) donated fish, an industrial gas stove and gas c...

WINDHOEK, 05 September 2024 - Deputy Minister of Education, Faustina Caley pictured with school learners Josefin Skrywer and Dione Bock and sign language interpreter Elizabeth Ngunaihe. (Photo by: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

Readathon month launched in Windhoek

WINDHOEK, 05 SEP (NAMPA) - Deputy Minister of Education, Arts and Culture, Faustins Caley has urged Namibians to develop a cul...

Health directorate preparing IRS campaign for Oshikoto

TSUMEB, 04 SEP (NAMPA) – The Directorate of Health and Social Services in the Oshikoto Region is preparing an Indoor Residua...

SWAKOPMUND, 02 September 2024 - (From left) Education Director Erenfriede Stephanus; Deputy Minister of Education, Arts and Culture Faustina Caley; Erongo Chief Regional Officer Mupenzani Ntelamo and Swakopmund Mayor Dina Namubes attending the 2024 Erongo Regional Engagement with Education Principals, Head of Departments and other Stakeholders at Swakopmund. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

Education ministry condemns misuse of practical and pre-vocational funds

SWAKOPMUND, 03 SEP (NAMPA) – The Deputy Minister of Education, Arts and Culture Faustina Caley has noted with concern the mi...

WALVIS BAY, 29 August 2024 - Walvis Bay Private School has been named the top performing school in the Erongo Region in the 2023 national school examinations. Here Erongo Governor Neville Andre Itope handed over the cheque for one of the awards, alongside a representative from the Rössing Foundation as well as Waltons Namibia. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

Duinesig, Namib High win big at Erongo Education awards

WALVIS BAY, 30 AUG (NAMPA) – Duinesig High School in Walvis Bay scooped three awards at the Erongo Governor’s Education Ex...

WINDHOEK, 29 August 2024 - President Nangolo Mbumba pictured with the team competing in the 47th World Skills Competition. (Photo by: Sheila Perestrelo) NAMPA

Mbumba sends off Team Namibia to WorldSkills Competition in France

WINDHOEK, 30 AUG (NAMPA) – President Nangolo Mbumba on Thursday officially sent off Team Namibia to compete at the 47th Worl...

Sheila Perestrelo

OTJIWARONGO, 02 May 2024 - The newly appointed Director of Education, Arts and Culture in the Otjozondjupa Region, Gerhard Ndafenongo. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

Lack of discipline among learners a concern in Otjozondjupa

OTJIWARONGO, 29 AUG (NAMPA) - Several teachers from the Otjozondjupa Region on Thursday expressed concern about a lack of disc...

Mulisa Simiyasa

BRAZZAVILLE, 29 August 2024 - World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaking during the 74th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa in Brazzaville. (Photo: Contributed)

Namibian delegation attending WHO Regional Committee for Africa session

WINDHOEK, 29 AUG (NAMPA) – A Namibian delegation led by Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula is atten...

WINDHOEK, 06 December 2016 - Inspector-General of the Namibian Police Force, Lieutenant-General Sebastian Ndeitunga speaks during the memorial service for former Cuban president Fidel Castro. (Photo by: Joseph Nekaya) NAMPA

Ohangwena making inroads in health provision

ONGWEDIVA, 29 AUG (NAMPA) – The Ministry of Health and Social Services implemented several projects and programmes aimed at ...

SWAKOPMUND, 28 August 2024 - Education, Arts and Culture Minister Anna Nghipondoka opened the 12th Namibia National Teachers Union Congress taking place at Swakopmund. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

NCE-IP much needed for education transformation: Nghipondoka

SWAKOPMUND, 28 AUG (NAMPA) - The National Conference Education Implementation Plan (NCE-IP), approved by Cabinet in 2023, will...

WINDHOEK, 28 August 2024 - The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) on Wednesday hosted its inaugural Quality Management Conference in the capital. (Photo by: Chelva Wells) NAMPA

Health Ministry hosting inaugural quality management conference

WINDHOEK, 28 AUG (NAMPA) – The Ministry of Health and Social Services is hosting its inaugural quality management conference...

ONGWEDIVA, 28 August 2024 - Minister of Information and Communication Technology Emma Theofelus speaking at the MTC-OATF Tech Hub Conference at Ongwediva on Wednesday. (Photo by: Maria David) NAMPA

Theofelus urges employers to embrace technology in the workplace

ONGWEDIVA, 28 AUG (NAMPA) - Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Emma Theofelus, has emphasised the need for ...

WINDHOEK, 11 April 2024 - Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula. (Photo by: Linea Dishena) NAMPA

Shangula dispels mpox rumours

WINDHOEK, 27 AUG (NAMPA) – Health and Social Services Minister, Dr Kalumbi Shangula has confirmed that a patient suspected o...

WINDHOEK, 13 August 2023 - Health and Social Services Executive Director Ben Nangombe. (Photo by: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

No need for mpox vaccination: Nangombe

WINDHOEK, 23 AUG (NAMPA) - Ministry of Health and Social Services Executive Director, Ben Nangombe, has said there is no need ...

Sheila Perestrelo

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2023 - Ministry of Information and Communication Technology Executive Director, Audrin Mathe. (Photo: Contributed)

MICT and LifeLine/ChildLine Namibia sign MoU on cybersecurity awareness

WINDHOEK, 23 AUG (NAMPA) – The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) and LifeLine/ChildLine Namibia si...

Sylvia Hashondali

WINDHOEK, 14 August 2024 - President Nangolo Mbumba. (Photo by: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

Mbumba urges collaboration to assist people living with disabilities

WINDHOEK, 22 AUG (NAMPA) - The challenges faced by individuals with visual impairments in Namibia necessitate a collaborative ...

WINDHOEK - The NeuroNexus Academy will be Namibia's first private autism spectrum disorder school. (Photo: Contributed)

Namibia to launch first autism spectrum private school in 2025

By Sylvia Hashondali WINDHOEK, 21 AUG (NAMPA) – NeuroNexus Academy, Namibia’s first private school for children with autis...

Sylvia Hashondali

WINDHOEK, 21 August 2024 - The entrance to the University of Namibia. (Photo: Contributed)

UNAM media students complain of lecturer shortage, limited resources

By Chelva Wells WINDHOEK, 21 AUG (NAMPA) – First-year Bachelor of Media and Communication students at the University of Nami...

EENHANA, 19 August 2024 - The International University of Management (IUM) has announced that its Eenhana Campus is nearing completion, with an official inauguration scheduled for late in October this year. (Photo: Contributed)

IUM Eenhana Campus nearing completion

EENHANA, 19 AUG (NAMPA) - The International University of Management (IUM) has announced that its Eenhana Campus is nearing co...